Empowering Parents with School Choice Reduces Wokeism in Education

Conservative school choice skeptics are right to raise alarm over the prospective regulatory capture of expanded school choice programs. However, they are mistaken in fearing that giving parents the ability to choose their children’s schools will not reduce wokeism. If regulations can be held in check, as many states have managed to do with their charter sectors, schools tend to be less woke. Conservatives would do well to be vigilant against regulatory capture rather than resigning themselves to defeat. Parental empowerment represents a viable path to fighting back against woke indoctrination in K–12 schools. Controlling wokeism can be achieved by ensuring that schools are more accountable to parents than to regulators. Heritage Expert: Jay Greene